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Introduction
I was hired at the Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) in 2008 as a Research Fellow where I am employed until today. My research interests include labour and education economics, human capital, gender inequality and migration, but I have contributed to several other projects that required competence in economics. I have also written several studies and reports for various ministries and public bodies and operated as a national expert for the European Commission.
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July 2015 - October 2017
September 2006 - September 2008
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The Greek economy has fully recovered from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, the initial inflationary pressures, that were caused by a multitude of internal and external factors, have subsided. Therefore, Greece is currently geared up, not only for normal growth, but possibly for a takeoff, under the condition that penned up investmen...
This report presents the results of the first public consultation process conducted by the Greek National Productivity Board. This process principally aims to collect, analyse and disseminate the views of social partners and other stakeholders about various issues concerning the productivity and competitiveness of the Greek economy. In turn, it see...
Το παρόν δεύτερο τεύχος του Δελτίου του Παρατηρητηρίου Μεταρρυθμίσεων του ΚΕΠΕ εστιάζει στο πολυδιάστατο μεταρρυθμιστικό πρόγραμμα που αφορά την αγορά εργασίας στην Ελλάδα. Το πλαίσιο των μεταρρυθμίσεων αυτών καθορίζεται από το Εθνικό Σχέδιο Ανάκαμψης και Ανθεκτικότητας, το Εθνικό Πρόγραμμα Μεταρρυθμίσεων και το εξειδικευμένο σχέδιο δράσης του Υπου...
Η αξιοποίηση των ψηφιακών τεχνολογιών για τον μετασχηματισμό επιχειρήσεων και υπηρεσιών έχει αναδειχθεί στα πρόσφατα χρόνια ως μία από τις βασικές προτεραιότητες πολιτικής σε επίπεδο Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης. Στην Ελλάδα οι αναγκαίες για τη χώρα μεταρρυθμίσεις και επενδύσεις προγραμματίζονται στη βάση μίας δομημένης στρατηγικής η οποία εναρμονίζεται με το...
As economies are trying to recover from the pandemic-induced recession, the war in Ukraine, the energy crisis and inflationary pressures pose additional challenges. The findings of this report show the fast recovery of the Greek economy from the pandemic shock as well as substantial improvements in growth and several productivity indices, such as 7...
Using Labour Force Survey data, the size and direction of the impact of education on employment prospects in Greece is explored along two axes: region and time. The findings suggest that educational attainment is always important across regions, but its impact on employment prospects varies along both axes. In general, more educated individuals enj...
Since 2010 Greece undertook a wide range of structural reforms to deal with its fiscal challenges, loss of competitiveness and weaknesses in productivity and efficiency. The present study aims to assess reforms pursued in the framework of the requirements of the first and second economic adjustment programmes, focusing on eight major reform categor...
H παρούσα έκθεση διερευνά τις επιδόσεις και προοπτικές του μεταποιητικού τομέα και σκιαγραφεί τον ρόλο της μεταποίησης στην ελληνική οικονομία. Ειδικότερα,
η ανάλυση εστιάζει στις εξελίξεις των βασικών μεγεθών κατά κλάδο, αποτυπώνει την περιφερειακή διάσταση της απασχόλησης και εντοπίζει κλάδους με πλεονεκτήματα και προοπτικές ανάπτυξης. Η εργασία...
The unusually wide age unemployment gap in Greece between youth (15–29) and older individuals (30–64) is investigated and decomposed to an explained and an unexplained component. The sample is drawn from the Labour Force Survey and is divided to two sub-periods: before the crisis (2004–2008) and during the crisis (2009–2016). Individual labour mark...
Περίληψη
Στην παρούσα μελέτη αξιολογείται η διαδικασία θεσμοθέτησης και εφαρμογής συγκεκριμένων διαρθρωτικών παρεμβάσεων που αφορούν στον ανταγωνισμό, οι αλλαγές που προέκυψαν στον τρόπο λειτουργίας των επιμέρους αγορών και, στον βαθμό που είναι εφικτό, αποτιμώνται οι επιπτώσεις σε βασικά οικονομικά μεγέθη (τιμές, απασχόληση, νεοεισερχόμενοι). Οι ν...
The present report evaluates the process of enactment and implementation of specific structural reforms relating to competition, examines the resulting changes in the operation of the relevant markets, and assesses, to the extent possible, the effects on key economic aggregates (prices, employment, and new entries). The legislative interventions co...
We offer strong evidence of a wage curve mechanism in Greece, which seems to be substantially enhanced by reforms aimed at increasing labour market flexibility. Male, older, more qualified and rural employees appear to be more sensitive to regional unemployment.
This study investigates and compares gender earnings differentials across nine European countries using data from the last wave of the European Community Household Panel. Our results show that gender earnings differentials still exist and differ across countries. The fact that labour markets value the same characteristics differently by gender is t...
This study attempts to investigate the role of education in earnings inequality using quantiles regression. In particular, we calculate returns to upper secondary and tertiary education along the earnings distribution for thirteen European countries using the European Community Household Panel. Our results indicate that the role of education in sha...
Unemployment rates for young individuals are particularly high in Greece and an important fraction of the young unemployed are tertiary education graduates. The results of this study imply that the problem is the transition from education to the labour market, irrespective of the individual’s age and educational qualifications. By and large, unempl...
The paper examines the determinants of hourly wages in the Greek labour market, with emphasis on education- and experience-related variables, using the information of the 2004-2007 Labour Force Surveys. The results are in line with the predictions of human capital theory and show that, ceteris paribus, education is associated with higher earnings....
Greece was traditionally an emigration country. However, since the early 1990s it became an immigrant destination and nowadays up to a tenth of the population are immigrants, mainly from neighbouring Balkan countries and, especially, Albania. This large scale immigration within a short time period had important social, as well as, economic conseque...
The paper provides an analysis of the level, the structure and the patterns of inter-temporal change in hourly earnings inequality in Europe. For the purposes of static inequality decomposition analysis, the data of the ECHP are employed. Considerable cross-country differences are observed across the EU regarding both the level and the structure of...
In the public discourse, education is usually considered as the main vehicle for the promotion of social equality and social mobility. The paper surveys the existing literature and concludes that the relationship between education and inequality in Greece is strong. Inequities are evident at all levels of the education system; especially as regards...
The paper analyses gender differences in hourly earnings in Greece using three Household Budget Surveys (1988, 1994, 1999). During this period the aggregate gender earnings gap remained almost stable, amounting to less than a fifth of male earnings in the public sector and around a quarter of male earnings in the private sector of the economy. In m...